Paperdolls and Floating Chat

Hello,
Old UO player recently joined the alpha. I expect this has been brought up, but a forum search came up dry.

I am really missing being able to pull other player's paperdolls up- (mostly to see their gear, but there was more to it in UO) Also the paperdoll currently in use is really primitive even by UO standards. It needs some love.

I have seen floating text above a players head once (It could have been an NPC- not sure) in game so it is likely I just dont know how to do it. I am missing being able to "hear" local chat. The chat box seems to keep changing settings without me so I am not in local and the game seems very very quiet even when an area is crowded.

I have a few other observations but you know what they say about gamers and their opinions so I will leave it there. (They say: "put a sock in it already!")